Portable beach stand



March 26, 1940. HUNTER PORTABLE BEACH STAND Filed may 21, 1937 ?3-3- i s-a R n m Nm m UN Tl HW. A EN m m. H B VB x Z X E /v 4 2 Patented. Mar. 1 940 fP'ATE PORTABLE BEACH STAND: I I Beatrice Hunter,'Mon t real, Quebec Canada Application May 21,1937,- Serial No.-144,0 20

The invention relates to a portablebeach stand as described in the present specification and illustrated "in: the accompanying drawing that 3 1 shadeiis open, is in a sitting posture ona beach I stool or chair 24 formed of 'canvasa'n'd cross 5,

forms part of the same. The invention consists essentially in'the application of an'auxiliary stick to' a sunshade and accompanying articles adaptable to outing 0c'-.

cupation's as pointed out in the claim-for novelty 1 following the description in detail of the preferre'd forms of the invention. I

The objects of the invention are to convert an I ordinary parasol into abeach sunshade with accompanying conveniences, that may pertain to the'enjoyment of the outing; to assemble the support end the parasol in away to insure their readyportability; to enable the user to carry the camera or other article that oan be operated from the same support as is used forthe'sunshade, and in fact so collect things for beach use an as to make it possible. for the person to move about with ease from one placeon the beach to another, or from beach to beach as may be found desirable, andlgenerally to concentrate the partsto the invention in a way thatwill be both neat 25 and effective.

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. Figure 1 is a pole or stick formed of articulated sections and having'straps attached thereto for holding the parasol. s so Figure2 is a collapsed view of the pole or stick showing a penetrating point on one ,side and a bag in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a collapsed view showing the penev trating point on the, other side. I 35 Figure 4. is a perspective view of the pole or stick partly open and showing plainly the articulations.

Figure 5 is a sectional perspective view showing the pole or stick in telescopic form and a bag in.

4 section.

Figure 6 is atelescopic form of pole or stick extended Showing the parasol attached thereto. Figure 7 is'atelescopic form enclosed in a roll caseand a beachstool. 5 Like numerals of reference indicate 'corresponcling parts in the various figures. Referring to the drawing, in the simplest form t of this invention, the penetrating stick section i5 is hinged to'the mid-section l6, which in turn n is hinged to the top section I1, and the straps i8 and l9'embrace two of the sections, and have the fasteners for securing the parasol 2i to the upper and mid-sections, and the hooks 22 maintain-these sections, The struts 23 hang 55 from difierent sides of the mid-section HS and are simply pulled out anddistributed tomaintain 7 legs inserted. in pockets of they canvas; a very common form of beach seat,lwhi ch is transported i /"1th the, pole or stick inside a bagor carrier roll. 'The bag 25 illustrated-in Figure 2 in dotted lines; whileftheycarrier roll-261s illustrated in 10 Figures 5 and 7, and this bag'orroll has a handle 2 1 andlid 2a. I

' .The roll 26xis partlydesigned'td carry a tele- 'sc'opic pole-or stick indicated by .thenumeral 29,

and this pole or stick 29 is extended as shown in -15 Figure 6, and at the upper endis'a screw 30 on which a camera 3|. is mounted,and'whic h is an almost"indispensable accompaniment to the pa-. trons of. the'beaches. This pole or stick 29 carries clips 32 and "33 into which the handle of the 20 parasol'2l. is snapped, but when the pole or stick is extended, the top section 34 is ready for use.

' as a camera stand, while the mid-section cooperates with the top section insupporting the'para' sol,1wh ich is lowered or raised as desired for ex- 25 posing the lens" of the" came'ra. 'The penetrated struts. 35 aredpivotly secured to the ring 36 at thebottom of the lower section 3'! of the pole,

while the mid-section 38 intervenes between the top section 34 and: the lower section 31. '30 In theuse of this invention, it is obvious-why I ,the articulated sections are stretched "out and hooked to their extended positions, and also as to why the parasol is' strapped to'the upper and lower sectionafor buckles or dome fasteners can 35 Y be :used to tighten these straps around. the para sol handle. The stick, being pointed at the lower end, is justforced into the sand on the beach,

and the struts add to the steadiness of the shade,

so if there is alittle breeze blowing, the parasol 40. itself is in no; way affected, which is only in the case of a high wind, and in such conditions the beach will not be chosen for'a resting place.

In so far asthe telescopic form of the inven- I tion is concerned, the pullingoutof the sections '45 v I is'jalso plain to be seen and understood in the drawing. 7 Of course the pole itself has first to beremoved fromthe roll case, and if it is desired to use the stool or chair, that also has to be re moved by undoing the straps from the case-and should the camera be required, the pole is simply I used like an ordinary tripod of a camera,'with the only difierence that it is'm'or'e than three feet and picturescan be taken as desired. If necessary, this camera can be replaced by a suitable an accompaniment, (and a very important one to the person enjoying the outing.

There is no doubt thatvariations may be made in this invention, but the most essential feature a is the portable pole or stick which may be in articulated sections or in telescopic sections and the means of carrying it, which shall also include the accompaniments that tend to make the out- 10 ing enjoyable and often profitable.-

What Iclaim is:

I 2,195,391 lunch basket, or in fact a'work-box, it is simply In a portable stand, a stick formed in sections, the penetrated stick section or lower section being hinged to the mid-section and the top sectionso fsaid stick. ,3 a; 

